Bert Grimm
Bertram Cecil Grimm (born February 8, 1900 as Edward Cecil Reardon in Springfield Greene , † June 15, 1985 in Warrenton, Oregon ) was an American tattoo artist ; he is considered the "grandfather of old school" ; he tattooed a. a. Bonnie and Clyde and Pretty Boy Floyd .
Life
Bert Grimm, son of John Elmer Reardon (1862-1945) and his wife Carrie Elizabeth Shull Reardon (1863-1923), grew up in Portland . The time at which he changed the name is not documented. He had eleven siblings and married Julia Florence Lechler (1910–1984) on February 7, 1931.
Early in his professional career, he spent a season with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. Grimm opened his first tattoo shop in Chicago in 1916. Over the years he has run businesses in Honolulu, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Los Angeles, Long Beach, St. Louis, Portland and Oregon Coast and China. Grimm is considered a sponsor of Lyle Tuttle and Ed Hardy .
literature
- Margo De Mello : Inked: Tattoos and Body Art around the World. ABC-CLIO 2014, ISBN 1-61069-076-1 , p. 252.
- Albert L. Morse: The Tattoists , 1st Edition 1977, ISBN 0-918320-01-1 , p. 6.
- Jason Brooks: Legends: Tattoo Flash Book. Greg Geisler 2013, ISBN 0-615-76726-5 .
- Thomas Albright: Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980: An Illustrated History. University of California Press 1985, ISBN 0-520-05193-9 , p. 319.
Web links
- Carmen Nyssen: Bert Grimm. In: buzzworthytattoo.com. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- JEFF LEEDS: COLUMN ONE: Ebb Tide at a Tattoo Landmark: A maritime tradition that flourished at Grimm's is fading along with Long Beach's naval operations. Though old salts sigh, today's image-conscious military frowns on skin paintings. In: Los Angeles Times, October 20, 1995. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- thetattoohut.com: List Of Top Grimm Tattoo Tattoo Images
Individual evidence
- ↑ findagrave.com
- ↑ Jess Lowry: Tattoo tourism: where ink and travel meet. In: Lonely Planet. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Josh Chesler: From Bert Grimm to Outer Limits, This Long Beach Tattoo Shop Remains the Oldest in the World. In: OC WEEKLY of March 2, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
- ^ Albert L. Morse: The Tattoists , 1st Edition 1977, ISBN 0-918320-01-1 , p. 6.
- ↑ Marcel Feige : Tattoo and Piercing Lexicon - Cult and Culture of Body Art. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-541-4 , p. 133.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grimm, Bert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grimm, Bertram Cecil; Reardon, Edward Cecil (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tattoo artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield , Missouri , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1985 |
| Place of death | Warrenton , Oregon , United States |